Machine for making can-bodies.



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APPLIOATIQH FILED 313N323. 1905.

No. 823,723. PATENTED AUG. 14, 1903.

T. J. BEGAN MACHINE FOR MAKING CAN BODIES.

APILIGATIOH FILED JUIBSB, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS J. DUGA3','OF CLEVELARD OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF FIFIYZ-QlQE ONE-HUNDREDTHS TO MARTIN J. OQONNELL, OF CLEYELANB, GHIO.

ACHINE FonmAKme. QAiN BOBIES.

Bpecificetion of getter! Patent.

"inherited A'ng. i4,1906r ,lssiisstis no; Jose 22. less. Eerisl income:

v To mil whom it may concern:

r a. full,'cleor, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to automatically make con-bodies, and particularly can-bodies which are flanged and bonded and have fist sides and rounded corners and have the seem in one of the corners.

- The invention includes the mechanism for feeding the metal-stock sheets into the machine the mechanism for cutting and form ing the blanks, the mechanism for bending the blanks into she e and interlocking their ends and ressing the interlockin edges to gether to orm the seem, the mec anism for automatically discharging the finished bodies, and to various other subordinate mechanisms which cooperate with the mechanisms above referred to to render the machine automatic and efficient, whereb Y said can-bodies may be produced rapidly on cheaply.

Although one of the main objects aimed at in designing the machine has been to produce substantially square can-bodies with rounded corners, the machine is adapted for making can-bodies of othershepes, depending rimarily, upon the shape of the form the machine contains and over which, the blanks are bent to form the bodies.

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The invention may be said to consist in the construction and combmationof arts shown in the drawings and hereinafter escribedms pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure is a. sideelevetion of a, machine enibedyin this invention. Fig. 2 is a, front view of soil machine. Fig. 3 is a. plan view thereof. Fig. 4 is a side elevation partly in central section, of a certain part of the machine. Fig. 5 is a central sectio'nel side View of the upper art of'the ma.- chine with the form remove said view being not much different from Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a front view of the upper ert of the machina and a. vertical sections view of some of the lower mechanisms. front view of some of the some upper mech'- anism shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a' sectional Fig. 7 is an enlarged.

' plan view in the plane indicated by, lines 8 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the bed plate of the miohine and the parts which will a pear when the upper art of the frame and t 0 parts carried there y ore moved. Fig. 10 is e sectional plan view in the lone inth outed by lines 10 1O of'Fig. 4. Fig. 11 is an enlarged sectional front View of the dies which cut and shape the blank, the parts being shown in the position they occupy after the blenk hss been cut. Fi 1? is a view of the some parts: after the edges of the blank Fig. 13 is, a

have been bent by said dies. transverse vertical sectionsl'view of the linercovered liorn, showin the osition the parts occupy after the blsn has been bent around the some} but. before the edges of the blsnk have been locked together. Fig. 14 is a view of the some ports, showing their position just as the seam of the can-body has been finished. Fig. ibis e side elevation of the horn and some associated arts. Fig. 16 is a plan view of the same an! Fig. 17 is a perspective view its finished con body.

= In the bed-plate A of the machine is an enin large enough for the passage of the o bl en'k from which the can-body is to be made. Secured upon the bed plnte slightly overhanging this opening is a lowerfixed die 3, by which the blank is out from the stocksheet. :flhis die is a substantially rectanguler open frame, having a. frontinembor h and sides 2:, but no rear member. The stockfleet is drawn into the Front of the machine over this die B, by means which will be presently ex leined, until the advancing edge of said slice :s'heet cop es against the stop-lugs 5 blank is out from the stock-sheet betiwenthe fixed die B and the movable die.C,

which is on the lower end of a slide D. This slide is verticolly movable in guideways in the upright frame members a. The die 0 is rectangular and fits into the die 13 andis like it in tbet'it has a front members and two sides 0 c, but no rear member. There is another vertically-movable slide 13, 09 1 1 posed of a. member a, a member 2, and e er a, Whiiil'i, connects the rest ports of the members a and s so that all parts must move to other. The slide member a is movable in *"idesn'n the slide D, which are of course ebove'the level of the bed-plate A, while the slide member e is movable 1n guides a on the vertical position.

inner faces of the two side frame members (1 below said bed-plate. Said slide E is moved up and down by means of a connecting-rod a, mounted upon a crank carried by the main driving-s iaf t F.

Upon the upper edges of the lower slide ,member 6 the lower bending-dies G are secured. These dies are bars which are located directly beneath the side members 0 of the blank after it has been cut from the stocksheet. The object of the cooperative action of the bending-dies is to bend one edge of the blank upward at an inclination, as at n, and to bend downward into vertical )osition the extreme ed e n of this upwardfy-bent portion and to end the other edge of the blank correspondingly, but in the reverse directi0nthat is to say; to bend the blank down Ward at an inclination near its edge, as at 11 and to bend the extreme edge a upward into It is evident that when the bends at n and n are strai htened out the two edges a and n will not e at right angles to the body of the blank, but will make acute angles thereto, wherefore they may be easily interlocked when brought together. In the lower ed e of one of the side members 0 of the cutting-die C is a shallow ratchet-shaped groove 0 U on the top face of the corre sponding ben ing-die G is an upwardly-extended com lementarilyshaped rib At the other Sh e of the opening of the bed-plate a similar groove and rib are formed; but in this case the move 9 is in the top face of the bending-die a, while the ratchet-shaped rib a is in the lower face of the cutting-die. WVhen the cutting-die in descending cuts the blank, it forces it down through the fixed die B and against the bendingdies G, whereby the edges thereof are bent, as heretofore explained and as shown in Fig. 12.

In that bending-die G (on the left side of Figs. 11 and 12) which has the ratchet shaped recess there is a bar 9, extending from one end of said die to the other and set into a recess 9 Springs g in said recess beneath said bar act to force this bar upward, so that normally it stands in the position shown in Fig. 11. Thesprings holding it up are strong enough to resist the downward. movement of said bar until after the descending die on thatside of the machine has bent the edge of th'eblank at a downward over the inclinbd top edge of this bar. The furtherdownward movement of the die C pushes this bar down, so that its top ed e and one wall of its recess form the rate et-shaped groove referred to, and in so doing bends the extreme edge n of the blank upward in the verti tal position, as before described. The upward pro'ection of this bar 9, whose top face forms t e bottom of the ratchet-shaped groove when the bar is pressed down, causes the blank 'to be first bentalong the line n This of course withdraws the adjacent edge of the blank from the side of the fixed cutting-die and permits it to be bent upward when the bar is pushed down. If the edge of the blank were not so drawn inward by bending the blank, the edge of the blank would not infrequently be rolled in upon itself instead of being bent upward in a vertical plane. The blank having been cut and its edges having been bent as described, said blank is now ready to be bent around a form and the bent edges n n interlocked and subsequently pressed together to form the canbody. The form shown is a horn II, whose rear end is rigidly secured to the frame and the liners J J, which embrace it. It projects forward in the openings in the dies and bedplate, and its front end is normally supported y means of a pin is, attached to a slide K, which pin enters a central recess in the end of the horn. U )on this horn are movable liners J J about half as long as the horn. The horn itself, as shown, is nearly square in cross-section, being slightly round at the corners, and it is placed with said corners at the top, bottom, and sides thereof. In the upper and lower corners, respectively, are the longitudinal tapered grooves h h, which decrease in width gradually from the rear to the front end of said horn. Secured centrally in the bottom of these grooves and rejecting out therefrom are longitudinal y extended tongues 71 which are correspondingly tapered, being widest at their rear ends. The result is that on each side of each of these tongues (which, by the way, are only a little longer than the liners) is a groove of equal width from end to end but said grooves draw together from the rear to the front ends of the horn. Each liner consists of two side members 9' j, integral with each other and joined by rounded corners and lying at right angles to each other. On each free edge is an inwardly-extended tongue j, which tongues are inclined slightly from end to end of the liners, so that 'they fit into the grooves in the horn h h, before explained, on opposite sides of the tongues h, and the edges of the liners are in contact with the sides of said tongues.

These liners are placed upon the horn from the front free end thereof. When they are pushed toward the rear end. of the horn, with their tongues runnin r in said moves, they are expanded so that t ieir insid e dimensions beeome'larger than the external dimensions of the born, as shown in Figs. 13 and 14.

The tongues h project out from the horn such distances that when the liners are expanded the outer edge of one tongue it may e flush with and form a continuation of the surface of the liners and be a part of the form. At this time the other tongue It does not come out quite as far as the surface of said liners on the opposite side of the form. This seems leaves a. lon tudinal groove bl tween the liners oh-the ldwer side of the iornuinwhich the seam of the can-body is formed.

The liner-covered horn constitutes affirm, around which the blank is bent in forming; the can-body. In many ofthe claims it is referred to as e jjorm, end it is to be understood that this word is not intended .to indicate the specific form shown, but any form eclapted for 006 eretion with the other parts specified in sai claims.

The rear ends of the liners are loosely secured to a, slide Y upon the born. When the liners are in their normal positions at the rear end of the horn, this slide enge es erred- 'ustsble set-screw o carried by t e frerne. he liners are in the lest-described position upon the horn when the blank around the liner-covered horn. N after it has been out The blank 7 is bent around the liner-coveredhorn'h, the

pressure from rollers P, mounted in the seer ends of arms M, whose upper ends are pited In the arses fi srs" to the slide member e. guide-slots m; which are, bent reversely'to the correspondin sides of the form- 5. e, the linercovere 'horn. Projecting into these slots are friction-rollers 1', which are mounted upon ins 1'', (shown in Fig i and sho n by dotte lines in Figs. e and 8,) which pins are immovable durinifihe downward movement of the slide E, on the slide E begins its downward movement, the bendingdies G G, carried by the lower slide member s, move away from the edges of the blank, thereby freeingit. The rollers P then press the blenlrdown u on'the form and bend it erounthe seine. T e arms M move 9. art and then together during the downwar movement of the slide, this movement being due to the guide-slots m and ins 'r, so that the rollers P Will'fOllOW the so see of seid'form, When the rollers P have carried the blank asfar around as preoticel, which is substantially to the position shown in Fig. 13, a. forming-die e, secured to the lower end of the 11 per member e of the slide E,engeges with t e top of the blank N, thereb pressi it with great force down upon t e form, t ereby finishin a part of the sen-body which the rollers P id not touch.

Darin these movements the liners have heen meeting edges 0* the two liners,

mov the position re etive. thereto substantisllyass is shown in Fig. 13. At this time it'wili he seen there is a groove between the lower the bottom of this groovebeing formed by the lower face of the 13m! ton h. 7 i; if ii Below the orrn there is s, slide S, the seam-forming die T and hainggsili' These hammers are slidable upon each other 111 a vertical groove in the die and fore normelly pushed up in the die b springs i, so that they project unequally a are the same.

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N is bent and bent as descrihe'd' down I: on the horn until they occupy 7 no i in ping the boots go n over' bent'e'dge oi T e upwerd movement'iof' slides-houses the hammers it t to reced lower ends of the ham rs t? in the die,

' ttfsn ike'sho idezs which prevents further: rela- In the final upward moreinent of slide S the hammer i ressesthe sent and overlappedsdges of the lenkbetween itself and the lower tongue h, thus eornpletin the seam which unites the edges of the bleu body. It will be seen that the described construc tion permits the formation of a substantially squsre ceil firlywith the seem in one of the rounded corners thereof. Of course itis the shape of the liner-covered horn orform which determines the shape of the can-body, and therefore con-bodies of various shapes may be made by our loying forms heirin the rsuired' cisterns configuration. If it is desired that the body shrill be bonded, a circurn ferentisl rib i is formed upon the liners and tongues la and corresponding grooves p are formed in the bending-rolls P and in the face of the die T and hammers t t and die a. It is not necessary in the construction of the con-bodies that these bendin -rolls shall traverse the entire surface of t e blank. It isonly necessary that they shall en go with said blank near its front and rear e ds, for if the ends are drawn in upon the liners the intermediate ortions w ll follqw. thisreeson t rat the rollers niey'he constructed in the manner shownthst is to say, a shaft may be mounted inthe ends of the shaft between said rollers.

The slide S is given its upwsrd-end-downword movement at the roper time by an unusnsl sort of toggle ne of the toggle-onus ivoted to the slide 3, and one, it, is loose y hung on the drivin shaft. These toggle-erms erein the form 0 whiehrmesh, as shown. A spring it acts to rock link at, which causes the toggle to bend to the position shown in Fig. 6. Torock to form the ee.n-'-

It is for srrns M and a collar may lie secured on this gear-segments V The further upward Increment 7 ,soi

presses it in. upon the linen-hoveredntdthe iiiu until the- B0 tivemovement of the hslrnrnersi While the them in the contrary direction to cause the upward movement of said slide, there is a disk V, secured to the shaft and carrying a pin n. This pin is parallel with the shaft and projects from both faces of the disk. ()n the inside of frame Ais fastened a disk a, with a cam-surface (1, aga' ist which the spring 12 presses the pin 1). n a certain part of the revolution of the shaft this cam pushes thepin through the disk sufficiently far to cause its other end u to engage with the edge of the toggle-link u, and thereby rock it in that direction which will cause the u )ward movement of the slide. When t 10 slide has moved up far e rough, the (:tlll-Slllfzbtt. a suddenly falls away and the spring t withdraws the pin o from engagement with srid toggle member.

It is of course desirable that there shall be an outwardly-turned flange on the lowerr nd of the can-body. This thereon while the blank is being bent around the horn, because that edge of tll( l)lat1il overhangs an annular shoulder j on the liners, and the forming-rollers P when they press the blank upon the liners will form the flange on the blank between this flange on the liners and the endeof the rollers.

All of the moving parts receive their motion from a single driving-shaft, wherefore their movements can be properly timed. The slide 1) is moved up and down by a lower W, which is pivoted to the frame of the maehine and has two forwardly-projecting forkarms 11. Pins we. secured to the slide, ezter slots in in said fork-arms. The rear end of this lever is connected by a conuecting-rod w with a vertical movable slide X, moving in suitable guideways in the frame. On the end of this slide is a pin a", on which is a friction-roller m. This roller enters a camgroove) in one face of a disk f, secured to the main driving-shaftF.

As above stated, the two liners are attached to a slide Y, embracing the horn. The attaclnnent is by means of bolts g, which pass loosely through slots in a flange on this slide and screw into the ends of the liners. The loose fit of these bolts in the holes permits the liners to have the movement toward and from the axis of the horn which. has been referred to. This slide Y is connected, by means of a linky, with another slide Y, which rests upon a horizontal member a of the ma.- chine-fraine. A part of this slide passes down through a slot a" in said horizontal member, and thereby the slide is guided. The art of the slide below the horizontal mem )er is connected by two rods g with the slide K, before referred to. These two rods are connected by a transverse rod y extending between them. A lever Z is pivoted to the frame of the machine, and its forked upper end engages with saidrod y. Its lower large n" is formed end is likewise forked and enga es with a pin .2, projecting laterally from a s eeve 2, which Slh es but does not turn upon a fixed rod 22. On another pin .2", projecting from this sleeve, is a frietionroller 2, which is engaged by a cam upon the driving-shaft, whereby this sleeve moves endwise. As soon as the canbody is formed the slide Y is moved toward the front end of the horn bv the described mechanism. It pushes the liners, on which is the finished can-body, along on the horn. Because of the convergence of the slots on which the linertongues are fitted the liners are drawn inward and are thereby contracted, so that the can-body may be removed. When the liners have reached the limit of their forward movement, the bottom end of the canbody will pass a springpaw1h let into the surface of the u per tongue h, which the horn carries, an the end of that pawl will spring up behind the bottom edge of the canbody, so that when the liners are moved backward, as the are immediatel after this, the can-body This can-body when the liners are back to their normal position drops down on the horn and removed therefrom by the next forward movement of the liners. On this slide Y are gri per-jaws L L for taking hold of the stocklieet to draw it into the ma chine. The lower gripper-jaw L is fixed; but the upper jaw is pivoted and has a long rearwardly-extended arm L. A spring I operates to close these jaws. ,The stock-sheet lies upon. a plate or table 0, which is pivoted on its front end on a transverse horizontal pivot. Its rear end is supported partly b resting on the front edge of the fixed die g and partly by resting upon a roller 16', mounted on the slide K. On the under side of this table is an inclined surface 0, with which this roller engages. When the slide moves forward to disengage the front end of the horn and to allow one of the can-bodies to be pushed therefrom, this movement is accompanied, as before explained, by the forward movement of the slide Y, which carries the gripperjaws. The slide K in its forward movement lifts the rear end of the table 0, on which the stock-sheet rests, so that the lower grip ier-jaw when it"raches the edge of said stoc -sheet may pass under it. At this time the upper gripper-jaw has been opened by the engagement of the upturned beveled rear end I of said gripper-]aw with a pawl I, hanging down in its path from a fixed part of the machine. This pawl is not capable of being swung forward bevond a vertical position, (shownin Fig. 5,) and so when the rear end of the gripper-jaw reaches and engages with it the jaw is opened. As the gripper-jaw moves still farther forward its end passes this pawl, and the spring closes the gripper-jaw upon the stocksheet. When the slides begin cos not accompany them.

. that the rollers 1? they carry do not toneh the .gri per-jaw is not f finished end headed bodies'presents no (Hill- P I scribed. i I am further of the opinion that sthis machine is the first which is capable of whilst sssgzss their rearward movement, the rear end the 7 movable gripper-j aw strikes this pawl and asit passes, so that the 0 ened; but when the sli es reach the end 0 their rearward movement this upturned end of the gripper-jaw engages with a fixed block 1, thereby causing the aw to open. The gri pers continue their rearward movement a ittle alter this time until the edge of the stocksheet is berel supported by a little forwardly-projecte tongue Z on the fixed grippenjaw L. The stock-sheet is now in position to have a blank out therefrom by the descending die C. It is desirable that the finished can-body shall be removed while the slide E is niovin upward; but this would not be possible i duringl the upward movement of the slide the ro lers were bearing upon the surface of said can-body. In order to draw these rollers away from the can-body and out of contact therewith before-the mechanism begins to remove said can-body, the friction-rollers r are mounted on eccentric-pins on the ends of the shafts R, which shafts are mounted in a cross-bar d", secured to slide D. Each of these shafts csrries a small inion r.' A- rocker r is assooiated with one of these pinions Hand is pivhted to the same cross-bar d and hes at one end a gear-segment which one gages with the corresponding inioni id anele anothergeor-segihent on the ct or end which: enga es with a fixed rack al". 'Whenslide moves up, these rockers are cause rock and they turn the shaft if through the eccentric-pins and rcglillersthereon 00th set of arms M are drawn, tweed; so"

swings it rearward ean-body1 Dori the subsequent downward movement 0 the slide 13, which results in cutting oil the blank, the'iiosition of these rockers is reversed, so. that said arms are swung inward to a position where when they more downward with slide E theywill bend the blank down upon the liner-covered horn.

So in" as I am aware no prior machine for" forming can-bodies has been ca ahle'of bead inghthe body while it is hein l ermed, The di 'culty has not been so nine in mskin the bead es in removing a beaded can-body: om the form on which the body is insde. Because the liners contraotas they are moved toward the end of the horn thereiioval of the cnlties in the machine hereinbefore de- Particular attention is called to the simplioity of the dies-and the movements of the dies which form the loo-k" on the edges of the blank-vin', the edges n and n-which just before they are interlocked must be at acute angles to the other part of the blank. These ed s are so bent in the machine above describe by dieswhieh move'in'one direction onl -vizi, in straight vertical paths.

he use of reference-letters in the claims is not with the intention of limiting the scone of said claims to specific constructions, but merely for convenience in enabling the reader to locate the ports of the machine referred to Having described my invention, I olai1n 1. In s niechine for making canbodies, a form, comprising a horn H, and liners J J cinbracing the horn and ion itudinslly movable thereon, and means Whie cause said liners to draw together u on said horn as they are moving toward t e front end thereof.

2. In a-meehine for. making can-bodies, a form, oomprfiing' a horn H, havin tapered lon 'tudinsljtongues h and liners J which em rs no horn and are longitudinally mgvshiethereon and engage at their edges width said tongues, and means for preserving such engagement as the liners move longitudinsll said horn. v m3, n 9. machine for making can-bodies, a. form eomiiri'sing a horn H havi tapered :longitndinsl grooves, and tapered 1 ongitude rigltongnes secured centrally in said grooves, see? air of liners which ere longitudinally gfi o rah e upon saidhorn, with their edges in "e'ntact with said tongues and have inwardlytongues whiohare slldably fitted m said fooves.

4. 51111, machine for mekingfsn-bodies, a form comprising a horizontal cm which, in cross-section, is isubstentially square with rounded corners, s ud horn being an ported from on end with said corners at t e sides and att o top and bottom, and there bein tongues projecting centrally from coves, and a nail of angular enihmewardly-directed' tongues which are e idably tongirlie}gl'iierenn' 'fifln'a machine form having four sides 1 ing at right ang as to each other and joined y rounded corners,

.puttinglthe bottom flange on the can-body e body is being made, and I also believe that this is the first machine which automatically draws th stock sheet into the ma- 'c hine and cuts blanks therefrom and resents said blanks to theBQliiGB Of the hen ing and forming mechanism end a. longitudinal groove in one of said rounded corners.

6. In a mach'ne horlnfisll form supported from oneend'end hai'in'g' plain sides and rounded corners, of whioh one of the corners is the lowest partiof said form and is provided-with eilongitudinal groove, with a verticallvsmesabte member,

in the top and bottom'corners longitndina tapered grooves and longitudinal tapered mg the sides of said horn and having rounded corners and havin'g'also, at their edges, 1n-

fitted in ssidgrooi'es on opposite sides of the for making can bodies a for making ca'rnhodies a t the other.

forming arms pivoted thereto, guides l or said arms, a die for pressing the top of :1 blank down upon the Form, and means whi h cause the edges of the blank to interlock and to be pressed together in said groove to lorm the seam.

7. In a machine tor making czunbodics, a horizontal form, supported from one end and having plain sides and rounded corners, of which one tl' lle corncni is the lowe t part of said form and is provided wit I1 a longitudinal groove, with. a verii nilv-movablc member, forming arms pivoted thereto. guides for said arms, a die for pressing the top of a blank down upon the form, a vertically-nu 'ahle member, two hammers mounted therein and springs which viel'dinglv press said hammers upward so thatmormally one projects nhuYE 8. In a machine for making can-bodies, a horizontal form. supported from one end and having plain sides and rounded corners, of which one of the corners is the lowest part of said form and is provided with a longitudinal groove, with a vertically-movablc member, forming arms pivoted thereto, guides for said arms, a die for pressing the top of a blank down upon the lorm a vertically-movablc member, two hammers mounted therein and springs, hich yieldingly press said hammers upward so that normally one projects above the other, and shoulders in said movable member for limiting the relative downward movement of said hanuners therein.

9. In a machine for forming can-bot'lies, the combination of a fixed cut ting-die, a movable cutting-die, a slide movable horizontally between said dies, and grippers carried by said slide to grasp the edge of a stock sheet and draw it between said dies.

10. In a machine for making can-bodies, the combination of a three-sided fixed cutting-die, a three-sided movable cutting-die, grippers mo vablc between. said dies for drawing the stock sheet between them, and stoplugs adjacent to the open sides of said dies to limit the inward movement of said stock sheets.

11. In a machine for forming canbodies, the combination of a fixed cutting-die having a front and two side members but no rear member, a, fixed horn projecting into the space within said die, a vertically-movable cutting-die having a front and two side members but no rear member, and means whereby the blank cut from the stock sheet by said dies, wilhbe wrapped about the horn and the meeting edges will be caused to in lerlock and be pressed together to form a seam.

12. In a machine for making antibodies,

the combination of a vertical reciprocating slide and a cutting and bending die secured to its lower end, a fixed cuttin -die, a second vertical movable slide, bending-dies secured i to the lot 1 er slide just below the slide members oi the bending and cutting die, and mechanism for moving said slides independently.

1.3. In a machine for forming can-bodies. the combination of a fixed cutting-die, amovable cult ing-die, mechanism for drawing the stock sheet between said dies. a form located in the opening through the fixed cuttingdlie, and mechanism for bending the cut blank. around said town.

1 t. In a machine For forming can-bmlies, thecombinationol' a tixcd cutting-die, amovable cutting-d ie, having the bottom of its side members shaped to form bending-dies, two bending-die bars located beneath said side members and having complementarily shaped faces, a movable slide to which said die-bars are securedv a form located centrally beneath the blank which said dies will cut from the stock sheet and means for bending said blank around said form.

15. In a machine for forming can-bodies. the combination of a bcd-plate having an opening, a verticall -movable slide having one. part below sai bed-plate, bending-die bars secured upon said slide and located within the opening in the bed-plate at the sides thereof. a form fixed centrally in said opening, a second vertically-movablo slide having on its lower end two dies which are vertically above said die-bars and are respectively adapted to engage with the edges of a blan in said opening, arms pivoted to the firstmentfmned slide above the bcdplate, guides engaging with said arms to cause them to followjihe contour of said form while they are being moved downward, and mechanism for independently moving said two slides.

16. In o machine for forming can-bodies, the combi-z'iation of a bed-plate having an opening, a form secured. in said opening, a pairot bending-die bars movable insaid opening, and a movable support therefor with a pair of opposed bending-dies, a movable slide to which the are secured, said bending-dies being forme on their meeting faces substantially as described, whereb they will bend the blank upward at an inc ination near one edge and will bend the extreme edge downw ard into vertical position, and will bend the blank downward at an inclination near the other edge and will bend the extreme edge upward into vertical position, means for independently moving said slide and support and mechanism for bending the blank aroun said form and for interlocking and pressing together the bent edges of said blank.

17'. In a machine for making canbodies, the. combination of a vertical reciprocatin slide, and a cuttin and bending die secure to its lower end a lixed cutting-die, a second vertical movable slide, bcndin -dis secured to the latter slide just below t e side members of the bending and cutting die, mechanmeans for bending the blank around said liner-covered. horn, mechanism for interlocking and pressing together the edges of said blank. means for moving said liners endwise upon said horn, a vertically-movable member, a pair of arms pivoted thereto having forming-rollers mounted in their lower ends, which arms have crooked slots in them, pins which pass into said slots and are fixed dur ing the downward movement of said slide.

28. In a machine for making can-bodies, the combination of a horn II having tapered longitudinal grooves and tapered longitudinal tongues disposed centrally in said grooves, with a pair of liners longitudina ly movable upon said horn and having inwardly-directed tongues which are slidably fitted in said grooves on opposite sides of said tongues, means for bending the,blank around said l ner-covered horn, mechanism for interlocking and pressing together the edges of said blank, means for upon said born, a vertically-movable slide, a pair of arms pivoted thereto (having formingrollers mounted in their lower ends,) which arms have slots in them, a pair of rock-shafts, means for ,turning the same, and crank-pins secured to said rock-shafts and projecting into said slots.

29. In a machine for forming can-bodies, the col ubination of a horn, and two verticallymovable slides with two arms pivoted to one slide and having forming-rollers mounted in their lower ends, rock-shafts mounted in the other slide and having crank-pins project ing from their ends which res actively enter the slots in said arms, a pinion secured to said rock-shafts a pair of fixed racks, and a pair of rockers pivoted to the second slide, each. rocker having at one end, a gear-segment engaging with one of the pimone: referred to, and at the other end, a gear-segn'ient ei'igaging with said fixed rack, and means for moving said slides independently.

30. In a machine for making can-bodies, the combination of a form having a longitudinal groove in its lower face, means for wrapping around said form a blank whose ed es are bent so as to be capable of interloc ing, a vertically-movable slide below said form, two independent movable hammers carried by said slide adapted to cause the edges of the blank to interlock and to' press said interlocked edges together in said longitudinal groovein the form.

31. In a machine for forming can-bodies, the combination of a form, means for wrapping the blank around the same and causing its edges to interlock, with avertically-movable slide, ca'rryingmeans for pressing the interlocked edges of the blank together to form a sean'i, a gear-segment pivoted to said slide; an intermeshing gear-segment pivoted below the slide, and means for periodically moving said liners endwise rocking the latter segment backward. and forward i 32. In a machine for forming can-bodies, the combination of a form, means for wrapping the blank around the seam and causing its edges to interlock with a ertically-movable slide, carrying means for pressing the interlocked edges of the blank together to form a seam, a gear-segment pivoted .to said slide, an intermeshii'ig gear-segment mounted below the slide, a shaft upon which the latter segment is loosely mounted, a disk secured to said shaft, a latch carried thereby for engaging said gear-segments, means for moving said latch into and out of the path of said segment, and means for turning said gea1'-segment to its normal position.

33. In a machine for making can-bodies, the combination of a horn, means for wrapping the blank around the horn and causing its edges to inter ock, with a vertically-niovable slide, carrying means for pressing the interlocked edges of the blank together to form a seam, a gear-segment pivoted to said slide, an intermcshing gear-segment mounted below the slide, a shaft upon which the latter segment is loosely mounted, a disk secured to said shaft, a pin carried by said disk and projecting fiom both sides thereof, a fixed cam adjacent to the disk and a spring for causing the pin to engage said cam.

34. In a machine for making can-bodies, the combination of a horn H having tapered longitudinal grooves and tapered longitudinal tongues disposed centrally in said grooves, with a pair of liners longitudinall movable upon said horn, and havin inward y-directed tongues which are slida 11y fitted in said grooves on opposite sides of said tongues,

means for bending the blank around said liner-mwered horn, mechanism for interlocking and pressing together the edges of said blank, and means for moving said liners endwise upon said horn, a slide to which the rear ends of said liners are loosely connected, gripper-jaws secured to said slide, means for moving said slide forward and backward, means for o enin and closing the gripperjaws when t e slide is near the front end of its path, and means for opening said grip erjaws when they are near the rear end of their path.

35. In a machine for making can-bodies, the combination of a horn, liners embracing the same and longitudinally movable thereon, and means which cause said liners to contract u on said horn as they are movin toward t 1e front end thereof, a slide to w 'ch said liners are attached, a slide connected with the first-named slide and ada ted to 'normall engage with and support t e front end oft e horn.

36. In a machine for making'can-bodies, the combination of a horn, liners embracing the same and longitudinally movable Lhere- Z face apposed to the beads on the liners, and on, and means which cause said iiners to T henunel's below the horn having in their draw together upon the horn as they are 'feees gmoyes which are oppesed ta said mov' toward the front end thereof, said, i heads. x 5 5 liners aving a projecting bead ennularly; In testimony whereof I hereimte affix my combfined with e vertically-tinogeble member, signature in the presence of twe witnesses. twe ormi -a,rms ivote t ereeo, roiiers l' mounted 13 the he: ends of said arms and THOMAS DUGAN' havin annular grooves opposed to the beads Witnesses: 10 0f sai liners, a die for pressing the biank ALBERT H. BATES. down upon the liners, having a. groeve in its 1 E. L. THURSTON. 

